Trace-carrier



(No Model.)

H. C. DOI-IRR. TRACE CARRIER.

No. 473,830. Patented Apr. 26, 1892.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

HENRY C. DOERR, OF MACKSVILLE, KANSAS.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 473,830, dated April26, 1892. Application tiled November 30, 1891. Serial No. 413,529. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY C. DOERR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Macksv1lle,in the countyof Stafford and State of Kansas,have invented anew and useful Tracegarrier, of which the following is aspecificaion.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of trace-carriersemployed as a coupling medium between the back, opposite hip, andcrupper straps.

The objects of my invention are to provide a cheap and simple carrier ofthis class, the cockeye-engaging hooks of which are so disposed as tosafely support the traces and prevent them from becoming accidentallydetached and yet so formed as to facilitate a withdrawal of the cockeyestherefrom when proper, and finally to provide said carrier with meanswhereby it may be readily applied to harnesseswithout. the necessity ofripping the stitches thereof. 1

Heretofore in devices of this class it has been customary to constructthe frame servlng as the coupling medium integral, the loops o t' thefour straps above mentioned being ripped and resewed about the side vandend bars of such frame. The objections arising` from such a necessityare too obvious to require comment, and by my invention, as will behereinafter apparent, I obviate the same and provide a trace-carrier theframe of which may be coupled with the aforesaid straps without thenecessity of any ripping whatever or subsequent sewing or the necessityof calling into service a harness-maker for such purpose.

Referring to thev drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of atrace-carrier constructed 1n accordance with my invention. the samebeing connected with the straps. Fig. 2 is a detail in perspective ofthe carrier, portions being broken away.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in both gures of thedrawings.

In constructing1 the coupling I employ opposite side bars l and 2, eachof which :is provided with perforations 3 near its extremities, those ofthe side bar 2 being threaded, as shown. The ends of the side bars areconnected by transverse bolts 4, which bolts constitute the end bars ofthe coupling, which is therefore rectangular, in that it comprises theopposite parallel side bars l and 2 and the end bars 4. The boltsterminate each at one end in a head 5, while the opposite end isthreaded, so as to engage the threads of the perforations of the sidebar 2.

From a point slightly in rear of the centers of the side bars l and 2rise hooks t3, which are downwardly curved near their upper ends. Thesehooks are upwardly, inwardly, and slightly downwardly curved, as shown,and at their inner extremities are provided with forwardly-disposedparallel branches 7. Lugs la project from the side bars opposite thehooks. rlhis completes the construction of the trace-carrier, and itwill be seen that the bolts forming the end bars being removable thefour parts composing the frame 0r coupling portion of the carrier maybereadily separated.

S designates the loop at the rear end of the baclcstrap, 9 the loop atthe front end of the crupper-strap, and 10 the loop at the inner ends ofthe opposite hip-straps, which loops are all formed in the usualmannerthat is, by opposite rows of stitches-and the straps S and 9stitched through and t0 shield ll, usually located at the intersectionof the four straps mentioned. Heretofore,in order to apply atrace-carrier of this class to these four straps by reason of the factthat the frame of the carrier was integrally formed, it became necessaryto rip the stitches embodied in all of the loops of the straps andafterward to reinsert the same. Such an operation was fraught with delayin the use of the harness, sometimes necessitating long` trips to theharness-maker, and in all cases was more or less expensive. By myinvention, however, it will be seen that by removing the two boltsconstituting the end bars said bolts may be readily passed through theloops S and 9 of the back and crupper straps, respectively, while theopposite side bars l and 2 may be as readily passed at their front endsthrough the hip-strap. l/Vhen such has been accomplished, it simplyremains to rotate the bolts by an ordinary screw-driver, so that theirthreaded ends are run into the threaded perforations at the ends of theside bar 2.

The advantages of my invention, therefore,

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of the same, the peculiar disposition of the hooks rendering accidentaldisengagement of the eoekeyes impossible, While readily permitting of adesired disengagement in the act of harnessing.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The herein-describedimproved trace-oarrier, the same consisting of the opposite longitudinalside bars, each terminating near its ends in perforations, thoseperforations of one side bar being threaded, hooks rising from the sidebars in rear of their centers and being upwardly, inwardly, anddownwardly Curved and terminating at their ends in forwardly-disposedparallel branches 7, and the headed bolts constituting connecting endbars, said bolts being passed through the plain perforations of one ofthe side bars and having their ends threaded in the perforations of theeompan ion side bar, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY O. DOERR. Witnesses:

D. S. ENGLISH, JAMES B. ENGLIsH.

